Carbureter.



PATENTED JULY 4:, 1905.

G. W. FALLIN.

GARBURETER,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1904.

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l a'riin'r tjtrrica titltl thltl SPECIFXOATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,776, dated July 4;, 190".

Application filed August 9, 1904:. Serial No. 220,107.

To all wi l/0717, if; n'z/n/y concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. FALLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eastlake, inthe county of Jefferson and State ol Alabama, have invented a new and useful Carbureting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus employed in generating gas from hydrocarbon by the admixture oi air and hydrocarbon oil and the vaporization of the latter by the former.

The object is to provide novel means of a simple nature for ellecting the thorough. and proper vaporization oil the oil without the necessity of the employment oi heat and. to secure the automatic noportional regulation of the air and hydrocarbon without regard to the amount of gas being used or generated.

The preferred embodiment of the invention. is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a view of the completeapparatus, partly in elevation and partly in. section. F ig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view,on an. enlarged scale, through a portion of the air-pipe, showing the inclosed nozzle ol the hydrocarbon-pipe.

Similar reference-mimerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures ot the draw ings.

in the embodiment illustrated. a movable gas-holder is employed comprising the usual water-tank 3, within which is mounted a vertically-movable gas-bell i, guided in a frame 5 and having a counterweight 6 attached thereto by means of a cable 7 which passes over suitable pulleys 8, mounted on. the frame. The weight 6 is of course lighter than the gas-bell and may be varied as desired to secure different gas-pressures. The service pipe is shown at 9 and. extends through the bottom ol the water-tank, thence upwardly above the surface of the water conained. therein.

The carbureter is shown at 1.0 and comprises a casing 11, within which are located l oraminous transverse]y-disposed partitions 12, spaced. apart and having absorbent material 13 arranged between them. The outlet l'rom said carburetor is through the bot tom. an d through a pipe 14:, that depends within a purifier 15, comprising a casing 16, filled with lime and carbon 17 or other suitable material. The pipe 14 extends nearly to the bottom of the p Lnkifier, while a supply-pipe 18, connected to the top oi said. puritier, has a discharge-nozzle 1 S) vertically disposed in the bottom of the water-tank The hydrocarbonreservoir is shown. at 20, and connected thereto by a pipe 21, having a valve 22, is a compressed-air-storage reservoir 23. This reservoir 23 supplied with air from any source--as, for instance, a pump 2 1*, connected to the same by a pipe 25. The reser voir 20, and consequentlythe air-reservoir 23, has connnunication with the carburetor 10 by means ot an air-pipe 26, connected to the top of the hyilrocarb(ni-reservoir 20 and having a depending terminal 27, that extends downwardly into the carburetor through. a lurality oi" partitions therein, said depending end being provided with lateral dischargeopenings 28. A lrvdrocznbon-supply pipe 29, connected to the bottom ol the hydrocarbon-resenmir 20, extends into the air-pipe 26 and is provided with an onset downturned nozzle 30, located within said air-pipe just above the carburetor.

Valves 31 and 32, located, respectively, in the air-pipe 26 and the hydrocarbon-supply pipe 2 9, so u trol the supply of" air and oil therethrough, and said. valves have on the projecting portions oil their stems gears 33 and 34L oil. dill'erent sizes, the gear 33 ol the hydrocarbon-con trolling valve being larger that that of the airpipe valve. A master-gear 35 is journaled between and meshes with the gears 33 and 34;, said master-gear carrying a rigidlymounted lever 36. The tree end of this lever is attached. to the lower end oi" a vertically supported and movable actuating-rml 37, car rying oilset cars 38, that are located on opposite sides and in the path 0t movement 01" a projection 99, secured to the gas-bell. I

Assuming the bell 4; tilled with gas, it will thus be raised to its fullest extent, so that the actuating rod 37 will be elevated and the gearing turned in such a manner that the valves will be closed. If now a draft of gas should take place through the servicepipe, it will be evident that the gas-bell will lower. This will cause the projection 39 to engage the lower ear 38, thereby moving the actuating-rod 37 downwardly and swingin the le ver. As a result the master-gear wifl be operated, and consequently the gear-wheels in mesh therewith will be moved, opening the valves and permitting the flow of air and by drocarbon to the carbureter. This air and oil will be mixed prior to its entrance to the carbureter, so that the vaporization will be partially effected, and afterward in the carbureter the oil will be entirely vaporized, the gas passing through the purifier into the pipe 18 and thence bubbling through the water. As soon as the supply of gas is sufficient to again raise the bell the oil and air will again be cut off.

The peculiar arrangement of the oil and air supply and the connection of the same with the carbureter has been found very efficient in the vaporization of the oil and the elimina tion of any surplus or residue. Moreover, it will be noted that because of the valve-operating means the air-pipe will always be opened to a greater extent than the oil-pipe, and this proportional movement is maintained without regard to the extent of the opening and closing movements. Therefore after having the parts once adjusted it is found that the proper proportions of air and oil are always supplied without regard to the amount of flow of the same, caused by abnormal drafts of gas from the gas-holder. Moreover, in this structure the necessity of heat in vaporizing is eliminated and the gas is thoroughly purified bejore it enters the service-pipe.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be under stood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureter comprising a casing having perforate partitions and absorbent material located between the partitions, of a hydrocarbon-reservoir, a compressed-air reservoir having communication with the hydrocarbon-reservoir and an air-pipe having a discharge end that extends into the casing of the carburetor through certain of the partitions, said pipe being provided with lateral perforations located within the partitions, a hydrocarbon-supply pipe connected to the hydrocarbon-reservoir, and an offset discharge-nozzle connected with the hydrocarbonsupply pipe and located Within the airpipe contiguous to its connection with the carbureter.

2. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureer, of a movable gasholder, means for supplying air and hydro carbon to the carbureter, valves for controlling said supplies, and means connected directly to said valves and operated by the gasholder for operating both valves.

3. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureter, of a movable gasholder, means for supplying air and hydrocarbon to the carbureter, valves for controlling said supplies, gearing connected directly to the valves, and means operated by the gas-holder for actuating the gearing.

4. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureter, of a movable gasholder, means for supplying air and hydrocarbon to the carbureter, valves controlling the supplies, and means operated by the gasholder for actuating the valves at different speeds.

5. In carbureting apparatus, the combina tion with a carbureter, of a movable gasholder, separate means for supplying air and hydrocarbon to the carbureter, valves for controlling the supplies, gearing connecting the valves for moving the same different relative distances, and means actuated by the gas-holder for operating the gearing.

6. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureter, of a movable gasholder, a hydrocarbon-supply conduit and an air-conduit connected to the carbureter, valves controlling the supplies through the conduits, a master-gear, gears operated by the master-gear and connected to the valves, and means for operating the gearing from the movable gas-holder.

7. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureter, of a movable gasholder, a hydrocarbon-supply conduit and an air-conduit connected to the carbureter, valves controlling the supplies through the conduits, a master-gear, gears of different sizes secured to the valves and operated by the master-gear, and means connected to the master-gear for operating the gearing from the movable holder.

8. In carbureting apparatus, the combination with a carbureter, of a vertically-mov able gas-holding bell, a compressed-air reservoir having an air-pipe connection with the carbureter, a hydrocarbon-reservoir having a hydrocarbon-pipe connection with the carbureter, rotary valves located in the hydrocarbon and air pipes, gear-Wheels of different sizes carried by the valves, a master-gear located between and meshing with the valve gears, a vertically-movable rod located adjaeent to the gas-bell, a lever secured to the valves for ellecting the relative variable master-gear and havlng a eonneetlon wlth movements thereof.

the rod, and means carried by the bell for op- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as erating the rod. my own I have hereto alfixed my signature 5 9. In parbureting apparatus, the e011nbina in. the presence of two Witnesses.

tion Wit]. a earbureter, 0]. a movab e gas- I a holder, means for supplying air and hydro- GEORGE W. FALLIN.

carbon to the earbureter, separate valves for Witnesses:

controlling the supplies, and means actuated H. W. HAWKINS,

10 by the gas-holder and connected to both CHAs. W. BURNEY. 

